Nadezhda Alekhina, née Bazhenova (russian: Надежда Алехина; born 22 September 1978) is a Russian

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er. She finished fourth at the

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and won the bronze medal at the

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. She also competed at the World Championships in

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and

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without reaching the finals. In the

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she finished seventh at the

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. Her personal best jump is 15.14 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Cheboksary. The Russian record is currently held by

Tatyana Lebedeva Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva (russian: Татьяна Романовна Лебедева, born 21 July 1976) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of the most successful athle ...

with 15.34 metres. Alekhina also has 6.56 metres in the

, achieved in June 2003 in

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International competitions

National titles

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**Triple jump:

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* Russian Indoor Athletics Championships **Triple jump:

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Russian Indoor Championships
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References

1978 births Living people Russian female long jumpers Russian female triple jumpers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub